Skamash
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Commander
Marchesa, Dealer of Death
Whenever you commit a crime, you may pay . If you do, look at the top two cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the other into your graveyard. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.)
Legendary Creature - Human Rogue
Commander
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"Commiting a crime"
Afterlife from the Loam
Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for .)
For each player, choose up to one target creature card in that player's graveyard. Put those cards onto the battlefield under your control. They're Zombies in addition to their other types.
For each player, choose up to one target creature card in that player's graveyard. Put those cards onto the battlefield under your control. They're Zombies in addition to their other types.
Sorcery
Azula, Cunning Usurper
Firebending 2 (Whenever this creature attacks, add . This mana lasts until end of combat.)
When Azula enters, target opponent exiles a nontoken creature they control, then they exile a nonland card from their graveyard.
During your turn, you may cast cards exiled with Azula and you may cast them as though they had flash. Mana of any type can be spent to cast those spells.
When Azula enters, target opponent exiles a nontoken creature they control, then they exile a nonland card from their graveyard.
During your turn, you may cast cards exiled with Azula and you may cast them as though they had flash. Mana of any type can be spent to cast those spells.
Legendary Creature - Human Rogue Noble
Blood Spatter Analysis
When this enchantment enters, it deals 3 damage to target creature an opponent controls.
Whenever one or more creatures die, mill a card and put a bloodstain counter on this enchantment. Then sacrifice it if it has five or more bloodstain counters on it. When you do, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Whenever one or more creatures die, mill a card and put a bloodstain counter on this enchantment. Then sacrifice it if it has five or more bloodstain counters on it. When you do, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Enchantment
Crabomination
Emerge from artifact (You may cast this spell by sacrificing an artifact and paying the emerge cost reduced by that artifact's mana value.)
When this creature enters, target opponent exiles the top card of their library, a card at random from their graveyard, and a card at random from their hand. You may cast a spell from among cards exiled this way without paying its mana cost.
When this creature enters, target opponent exiles the top card of their library, a card at random from their graveyard, and a card at random from their hand. You may cast a spell from among cards exiled this way without paying its mana cost.
Creature - Demon Crab
Deadeye Tracker
, : Exile two target cards from an opponent's graveyard. This creature explores. (Reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
Creature - Human Pirate
Hollow Marauder
This spell costs less to cast for each creature card in your graveyard.
Flying
When this creature enters, any number of target opponents each discard a card. For each of those opponents who didn't discard a card with mana value 4 or greater, draw a card.
Flying
When this creature enters, any number of target opponents each discard a card. For each of those opponents who didn't discard a card with mana value 4 or greater, draw a card.
Creature - Rogue Specter
Laughing Jasper Flint
Creatures you control but don't own are Mercenaries in addition to their other types.
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top X cards of target opponent's library, where X is the number of outlaws you control. Until end of turn, you may cast spells from among those cards, and mana of any type can be spent to cast those spells.
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top X cards of target opponent's library, where X is the number of outlaws you control. Until end of turn, you may cast spells from among those cards, and mana of any type can be spent to cast those spells.
Legendary Creature - Rogue Lizard
Molten Collapse
Choose one. If you descended this turn, you may choose both instead. (You descended if a permanent card was put into your graveyard from anywhere.)
• Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
• Destroy target noncreature, nonland permanent with mana value 1 or less.
• Destroy target creature or planeswalker.
• Destroy target noncreature, nonland permanent with mana value 1 or less.
Sorcery
Null Summoner
When this creature enters, if you cast it, target opponent reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. Exile that card.
Threshold — As long as there are seven or more cards in your graveyard, you may cast the exiled card, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell.
Threshold — As long as there are seven or more cards in your graveyard, you may cast the exiled card, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell.
Creature - Human Warlock
Pile On
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.)
Destroy target creature or planeswalker. Surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Destroy target creature or planeswalker. Surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Instant
Puppeteer Clique
Flying
When this creature enters, put target creature card from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. It gains haste. At the beginning of your next end step, exile it.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
When this creature enters, put target creature card from an opponent's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control. It gains haste. At the beginning of your next end step, exile it.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)
Creature - Wizard Faerie
Sepulchral Primordial
Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)
When this creature enters, for each opponent, you may put up to one target creature card from that player's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
When this creature enters, for each opponent, you may put up to one target creature card from that player's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
Creature - Avatar
Siphon Insight
Look at the top two cards of target opponent's library. Exile one of them face down and put the other on the bottom of that library. You may play the exiled card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.
Flashback
Flashback
Instant
Sorcerous Squall
Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for .)
Target opponent mills nine cards, then you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from that player's graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.
Target opponent mills nine cards, then you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from that player's graveyard without paying its mana cost. If that spell would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.
Sorcery
The Rise of Sozin
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)
I — Destroy all creatures.
II — Choose a card name. Search target opponent's graveyard, hand, and library for up to four cards with that name and exile them. Then that player shuffles.
III — Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield transformed under your control.
I — Destroy all creatures.
II — Choose a card name. Search target opponent's graveyard, hand, and library for up to four cards with that name and exile them. Then that player shuffles.
III — Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield transformed under your control.
Enchantment - Saga
Wail of the Forgotten
Descend 8 — Choose one. If there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard as you cast this spell, choose one or more instead.
• Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
• Target opponent discards a card.
• Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
• Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
• Target opponent discards a card.
• Look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest into your graveyard.
Sorcery
"Commiting a crime"
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Board Clear
Phyrexian Scriptures
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature. That creature becomes an artifact in addition to its other types.
II — Destroy all nonartifact creatures.
III — Exile all opponents' graveyards.
I — Put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature. That creature becomes an artifact in addition to its other types.
II — Destroy all nonartifact creatures.
III — Exile all opponents' graveyards.
Enchantment - Saga
Board Clear
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Copy
Twilight Diviner
When this creature enters, surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Whenever one or more other creatures you control enter, if they entered or were cast from a graveyard, create a token that's a copy of one of them. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Whenever one or more other creatures you control enter, if they entered or were cast from a graveyard, create a token that's a copy of one of them. This ability triggers only once each turn.
Creature - Cleric Elf
Copy
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Crime-synergy
Kaervek, the Punisher
Whenever you commit a crime, exile up to one target black card from your graveyard and copy it. You may cast the copy. If you do, you lose 2 life. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime. Copies of permanent spells become tokens.)
Legendary Creature - Human Warlock
Lazav, Familiar Stranger
Whenever you commit a crime, put a +1/+1 counter on Lazav. Then you may exile a card from a graveyard. If a creature card was exiled this way, you may have Lazav become a copy of that card until end of turn. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.)
Legendary Creature - Shapeshifter
Magda, the Hoardmaster
Whenever you commit a crime, create a tapped Treasure token. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.)
Sacrifice three Treasures: Create a 4/4 red Scorpion Dragon creature token with flying and haste. Activate only as a sorcery.
Sacrifice three Treasures: Create a 4/4 red Scorpion Dragon creature token with flying and haste. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legendary Creature - Berserker Dwarf
Crime-synergy
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Drain
Syr Konrad, the Grim
Whenever another creature dies, or a creature card is put into a graveyard from anywhere other than the battlefield, or a creature card leaves your graveyard, Syr Konrad deals 1 damage to each opponent.
: Each player mills a card. (They each put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
: Each player mills a card. (They each put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)
Legendary Creature - Human Knight
Drain
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Draw
Draw
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graveyard fodder
graveyard fodder
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Land
Land
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Protection
Protection
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Recursion
Charred Graverobber
When this creature enters, return target outlaw card from your graveyard to your hand.
Escape—, Exile four other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)
This creature escapes with a +1/+1 counter on it.
Escape—, Exile four other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)
This creature escapes with a +1/+1 counter on it.
Creature - Skeleton Mercenary
Recursion
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self-revive
self-revive
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Tokens
Grim Reaper's Scythe
Whenever one or more creature cards leave your graveyard, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
, , Sacrifice two creatures: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. Activate only as a sorcery. (If a creature with a finality counter on it would die, exile it instead.)
, , Sacrifice two creatures: Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. Activate only as a sorcery. (If a creature with a finality counter on it would die, exile it instead.)
Legendary Artifact
Tokens
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Tutor
Tutor
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Sideboard
Corpse Cobble
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice any number of creatures.
Create an X/X blue and black Zombie creature token with menace, where X is the total power of the sacrificed creatures.
Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost and any additional costs. Then exile it.)
Create an X/X blue and black Zombie creature token with menace, where X is the total power of the sacrificed creatures.
Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost and any additional costs. Then exile it.)
Instant
Sideboard
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Maybeboard
Barrowgoyf
Deathtouch, lifelink
Barrowgoyf's power is equal to the number of card types among cards in all graveyards and its toughness is equal to that number plus 1.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may mill that many cards. If you do, you may put a creature card from among them into your hand.
Barrowgoyf's power is equal to the number of card types among cards in all graveyards and its toughness is equal to that number plus 1.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may mill that many cards. If you do, you may put a creature card from among them into your hand.
Creature - Lhurgoyf
Bilbo, Thief in the Night
Spells you cast from anywhere other than your hand cost less to cast.
Whenever Bilbo attacks, you may cast an artifact, instant, or sorcery spell from your graveyard. If an instant or sorcery spell cast this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.
Whenever Bilbo attacks, you may cast an artifact, instant, or sorcery spell from your graveyard. If an instant or sorcery spell cast this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.
Legendary Creature - Rogue Halfling
Detritivore
Detritivore's power and toughness are each equal to the number of nonbasic land cards in your opponents' graveyards.
Suspend X—. X can't be 0. (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay and exile it with X time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)
Whenever a time counter is removed from this card while it's exiled, destroy target nonbasic land.
Suspend X—. X can't be 0. (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay and exile it with X time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)
Whenever a time counter is removed from this card while it's exiled, destroy target nonbasic land.
Creature - Lhurgoyf
Emrakul, the Promised End
This spell costs less to cast for each card type among cards in your graveyard.
When you cast this spell, you gain control of target opponent during that player's next turn. After that turn, that player takes an extra turn.
Flying, trample, protection from instants
When you cast this spell, you gain control of target opponent during that player's next turn. After that turn, that player takes an extra turn.
Flying, trample, protection from instants
Legendary Creature - Eldrazi
Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell from your hand, you may cast up to one target card of the other type from your graveyard. If a spell cast from your graveyard this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)
Choose a Background (You can have a Background as a second commander.)
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
Ignite the Future
Exile the top three cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards. If this spell was cast from a graveyard, you may play cards this way without paying their mana costs.
Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Sorcery
Liliana of the Dark Realms
+1: Search your library for a Swamp card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.
−3: Target creature gets +X/+X or -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of Swamps you control.
−6: You get an emblem with "Swamps you control have ': Add .'"
−3: Target creature gets +X/+X or -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of Swamps you control.
−6: You get an emblem with "Swamps you control have ': Add .'"
Legendary Planeswalker - Liliana
March from Velis Vel
Choose a nonbasic land type. Each land you control of that type becomes a copy of target creature you control until end of turn and gains haste until end of turn.
Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Sorcery
Nethergoyf
Nethergoyf's power is equal to the number of card types among cards in your graveyard and its toughness is equal to that number plus 1.
Escape—, Exile any number of other cards from your graveyard with four or more card types among them. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)
Escape—, Exile any number of other cards from your graveyard with four or more card types among them. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)
Creature - Lhurgoyf
Nibelheim Aflame
Choose target creature you control. It deals damage equal to its power to each other creature. If this spell was cast from a graveyard, discard your hand and draw four cards.
Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Sorcery
Norman Osborn
Norman Osborn can't be blocked.
Whenever Norman Osborn deals combat damage to a player, he connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
: Transform Norman Osborn. Activate only as a sorcery.
Whenever Norman Osborn deals combat damage to a player, he connives. (Draw a card, then discard a card. If you discarded a nonland card, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)
: Transform Norman Osborn. Activate only as a sorcery.
Legendary Creature - Human Scientist Villain
Pyrogoyf
Pyrogoyf's power is equal to the number of card types among cards in all graveyards and its toughness is equal to that number plus 1.
Whenever this creature or another Lhurgoyf creature you control enters, that creature deals damage equal to its power to any target.
Whenever this creature or another Lhurgoyf creature you control enters, that creature deals damage equal to its power to any target.
Creature - Lhurgoyf
Maybeboard
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Advanced Reconstruction
(Gain the next level as a sorcery to add its ability.)
At the beginning of your first main phase, mill a card, then exile a card from your graveyard at random. You may play the exiled card this turn.
: Level 2
Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, this Class deals 2 damage to each opponent.
: Level 3
Spells you cast from anywhere other than your hand cost less to cast.
At the beginning of your first main phase, mill a card, then exile a card from your graveyard at random. You may play the exiled card this turn.
: Level 2
Whenever one or more cards leave your graveyard, this Class deals 2 damage to each opponent.
: Level 3
Spells you cast from anywhere other than your hand cost less to cast.
Enchantment - Class
Decaying Soil
At the beginning of your upkeep, exile a card from your graveyard.
Threshold — As long as there are seven or more cards in your graveyard, this enchantment has "Whenever a nontoken creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay . If you do, return that card to your hand."
Threshold — As long as there are seven or more cards in your graveyard, this enchantment has "Whenever a nontoken creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay . If you do, return that card to your hand."
Enchantment
Emet-Selch of the Third Seat
Spells you cast from your graveyard cost less to cast.
Whenever one or more opponents lose life, you may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. Do this only once each turn.
Whenever one or more opponents lose life, you may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. Do this only once each turn.
Legendary Creature - Wizard Elder
Erebos, Bleak-Hearted
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to black is less than five, Erebos isn't a creature.
Whenever another creature you control dies, you may pay 2 life. If you do, draw a card.
, Sacrifice another creature: Target creature gets -2/-1 until end of turn.
As long as your devotion to black is less than five, Erebos isn't a creature.
Whenever another creature you control dies, you may pay 2 life. If you do, draw a card.
, Sacrifice another creature: Target creature gets -2/-1 until end of turn.
Legendary Creature Enchantment - God
Hama, the Bloodbender
When Hama enters, target opponent mills three cards. Exile up to one noncreature, nonland card from that player's graveyard. For as long as you control Hama, you may cast the exiled card during your turn by waterbending rather than paying its mana cost, where X is its mana value. (While paying a waterbend cost, you can tap your artifacts and creatures to help. Each one pays for .)
Legendary Creature - Human Warlock
Loot, the Anomaly
If Loot's power is negative, he assigns combat damage as though his power were positive.
Threshold — Sacrifice another creature or planeswalker: Loot gets -2/-0 until end of turn. Activate only if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.
Threshold — Sacrifice another creature or planeswalker: Loot gets -2/-0 until end of turn. Activate only if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.
Legendary Creature - Beast Horror
Master of Death
When this creature enters, surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, if this card is in your graveyard, you may pay 1 life. If you do, return it to your hand.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if this card is in your graveyard, you may pay 1 life. If you do, return it to your hand.
Creature - Wizard Zombie
Seize the Storm
Create a red Elemental creature token with trample and "This token's power and toughness are each equal to the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard plus the number of cards with flashback you own in exile."
Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Sorcery
Song of Stupefaction
Enchant creature or Vehicle
When this Aura enters, you may mill two cards. (You may put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.)
Fathomless descent — Enchanted permanent gets -X/-0, where X is the number of permanent cards in your graveyard.
When this Aura enters, you may mill two cards. (You may put the top two cards of your library into your graveyard.)
Fathomless descent — Enchanted permanent gets -X/-0, where X is the number of permanent cards in your graveyard.
Enchantment - Aura
Swallowed by Leviathan
Choose target spell. Surveil 2, then counter the chosen spell unless its controller pays for each card in your graveyard. (To surveil 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
Instant
Take for a Ride
Take for a Ride has flash as long as you've committed a crime this turn. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.)
Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.
Gain control of target creature until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.
Sorcery
The Final Days
Create two tapped 2/2 black Horror creature tokens. If this spell was cast from a graveyard, instead create X of those tokens, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard.
Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Sorcery
Toshiro Umezawa
Bushido 1 (Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you may cast target instant card from your graveyard. If that spell would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you may cast target instant card from your graveyard. If that spell would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.
Legendary Creature - Human Samurai
Visions of Dread
Target opponent puts a creature card of their choice from their graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.
Flashback . This spell costs less to cast this way, where X is the greatest mana value of a commander you own on the battlefield or in the command zone. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Flashback . This spell costs less to cast this way, where X is the greatest mana value of a commander you own on the battlefield or in the command zone. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Sorcery
Visions of Duplicity
Exchange control of two target creatures you don't control.
Flashback . This spell costs less to cast this way, where X is the greatest mana value of a commander you own on the battlefield or in the command zone. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Flashback . This spell costs less to cast this way, where X is the greatest mana value of a commander you own on the battlefield or in the command zone. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Sorcery
Wake the Dragon
Create a 6/6 black and red Dragon creature token with flying, menace, and "Whenever this token deals combat damage to a player, gain control of target artifact that player controls."
Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
Sorcery
Probably cut
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